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Books published by publisher Crestwood House

  • Mad scientists

    Ian Thorne, Julian May

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, March 15, 1977)
    Presents synopses of several well-known horror films whose plots revolve around the experiments of diabolical scientists.
  • Frankenstein

    Ian Thorne

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, June 1, 1977)
    Briefly discusses the origin of the Frankenstein legend and the portrayal of Dr. Frankenstein and his creation in films. Also presents a synopsis of the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff.
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  • Tarantula

    Carl R. Green, William R. Sanford, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A giant tarantula gets loose from a laboratory and terrifies the people in an Arizona town.
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  • The Mummy

    Ian Thorne, Howard Schroeder

    Paperback (Crestwood House, Jan. 1, 1982)
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  • Steller's Sea Cow

    Gabriel Horn

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, Dec. 1, 1989)
    Describes the large sea mammal which lived in the cold Arctic waters for centuries until becoming extinct twenty-seven years after its discovery by a German naturalist
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  • Bobby Orr: Star on Ice

    Julian May

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, March 15, 1973)
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  • The Blob

    Ian Thorne, Howard Schroeder

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, April 1, 1982)
    A meteor crashes to Earth bringing with it a slimy amorphous creature that absorbs its victims
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  • Iwo Jima and Okinawa

    Wallace B. Black, Jean F. Blashfield

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, May 1, 1993)
    Recounts the brutal battles between the U.S. troops and the Japanese on the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II.
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  • House of Fear

    Carl R. Green

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1987)
    After an actor is poisoned onstage and the body disappears, other mysterious events suggest that the theater conceals either his ghost or a clever murderer.
  • Forty Days Lost

    Ben East

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Jan. 1, 1980)
    Seven men en route by air from iron mines in northern Quebec make an emergency landing in wild bush country and attempt to keep themselves alive for 40 days.
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  • Found Alive

    Ben East, John I. Dahl, Jerolyn Ann Nentl, Howard Schroeder

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, Jan. 1, 1980)
    On a cold night in autumn while on his first hunting trip, a 14-year-old boy becomes lost in the northern Michigan woods.
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  • Passenger Pigeon

    Susan Dudley Morrison

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, Dec. 1, 1989)
    Discusses the history of the passenger pigeon, which at one time made up one-quarter of the birds of America but is now extinct
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